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registered building is situated, and shall add also the names and places of abode of the registrars and deputy-registrars of each district, and of the superintendent-registrars, and a copy of such list shall be sent to every registrar and superintendent-registrar. 35. That every marriage solemnised under this Act shall be good and cognisable in like manner as marriages before the passing of this Act ac cording to the rites of the Church of England. 36. That it shall be lawful for the registrar before whomany marrirge is solemnised according to the provisions of this Act to ask of the parties to be married the several particulars required to be registereh touching such marriage. 37. That every person who shall enter a caveat with the superinten dent-registrar against the grant of any license or issue of any certificate on grounds which the registrar-general shall declare to be frivolous, and that they ought not to obstruct the grant of the license, shall be liable for the costs of the proceedings, and for damages, to be recovered in a special action upon the case by the party against whose marriage such caveat shall have been entered. 38. That every person who shall knowingly and wilfully make any false declaration or sign any false notice or certificate required by this Act, for the purpose of procuring any marriage, and every person who shall forbid the issue of any superintendent-registrar's certificate, by falsely representing himself or herself to be a person whose consent to such marriage is required by law, knowing such representation to be false, shall suffer the penalties of perjury. 39. That every person who, after the said Ist day of March, shall knowingly and wilfully solemnize any marriage in England, except by special license, in any other place than a church or chapel in which mar. riages may be solemnized according to the rites of the Church of Eng land, or than the registered building or office specified in the notice and certificate as aforesaid, shall be guilty of felony (except in the case of a marriage between two of the Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers, according to the usages of the said society, or between two persons professing the Jewish religion, according to the usages of the Jews) ; and every person who in any such registered building or office shall knowingly and wilfully solemnize any marriage in the absence of a registrar of the district in which such registered building or office is situated shall be guilty of felony; and every person who shall knowingly and wilfully solemnize any marriage in England after the said Ist day of March (except by license) within 21 days after the entry of the notice to the superintendent-registrar, as aforesaid, or if the marriage is by li cense, within seven days after such entry, or after three calendar months after such entry shall be guilty of felony. 40. That every su perintendent -registrar who shall knowingly and wil fully issue any certificate for marriage after the expiration of three ca lendar months after the notice shall have been entered by him as afore said, or any certificate for marriage by license before the expiration of seven days after the entry of the notice, or any certificate for marriage without license, before the expiration of twenty-one days after the entry of the notice, or any certificate the issue of which shall have been for bidden as aforesaid, by any person authorised to forbid the issue of the registrar's certificate, or who shall knowingly and wilfully register any marriage herein declared to be null and void; and every registrar who shall knowingly and wilfully issue any license for marriage after the ex piration of three calendar month. after the notice shall have been en tered by the registrar as aforesaid, or who shall knowingly and wilfully solemnise in his office any marriage herein declared to be null and void, shall be guilty of felony. 41. That every prosecution under this Act shall be commenced with. in the space of three years after the offence committed. 42. That if any person shall knowingly and wilfully intermarry after the said first day of March under the provisions of this Act in any place other than the church, chapel, registered building, or office, or other place specified in the notice and certificate aforesaid, or without due notice to the superintendent-registrar, or without certificate of no. tice duly issued, or without license, in case a license is necessary under this Act, or in the absence of a registrar or superintendent-registrar, where the presence of a registrar or superintendent registrar is necessary under this Ac - , the marriage of such persons, except in any case here inafter exillepted, shall be null and void ; provided always, that nothing herein contained shall extend to annul any marriage legally solem nised according to the provisions of an Act passed in the 'fourth year of his late Majesty George IV., entitled " An Act for amending the laws respecting the solemnization of Marriages in England.'' . . _ 43. That if any valid marriage shall be had under the provisions of this Act by means of any wilfully false notice, certificate, or declaration made by either party to such marriage, as to any matter to which a no tice, certificate, or dec:aration is herein required, it shall be lawful for his Majesty's Attorney-General or Solicitor-General to sue for a for. feiture of all estate and interest in any property accruing to the offending patty by such marrirge ; and the proceedings thereupon and conse. quences thereof shall be the same as are provided in the like case with regard to marriages solemnised by license before the passing of this Act according to the rites of the Church of England. 44. That this Act shall be taken to be part of the said Act for regis tering births, deaths, and marriages, as fully and effectually as if incor porated therewith, and that all the provisions and penalties of the said Act relating to any registrar or register of marriages, or certified copies thereof, shall betaken to extend to the registrars and registers of mar riages to be solemnised under this Act and to the certified thereof, so far as the same are applicable thereunto. 43. That this Act shall extend only to England, and shall not extend to the marriage of any of the Royal Family. REGISTRATION of BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES. The following are the clauses of this Act which received the Royal assent on the 17th ult :- 1. This clause merely repeals so much of the Acts of Geo. 111., c. 146, and 4 Geo. IV., c, 76, as relates to the registration of marriages. 2. That it shall be lawful for his Majesty to provide a proper office in London or Westminster, to be called " The General Register Office," for keeping a register of all births, ,deaths, and marriages of his Ma jesty's subjects in England, and to appoint for the said office under the Great Seal of tile United Kingdom a registrar-general of birthi, deaths, and marriages in England, and from time to time, at pleasure, to remove the said registrar -general and appcint some other person in his room. 3. That the Lord Treasurer or Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, or any three of them, or the registrar.general, subject to the approval of the sail Lords Commissioners, shall appoint, from time to time, such officers, clerks, and servants as they shall deem necessary to carry on the business of the general registry office, and at pleasure re move them or any of them ; and the said Lord Treasurer or Lords Com missioners shall fix the salary of the registrar.general, so that the same shall not at any time exceed the rum of 1,000. yearly, and shalt fix the salaries of the officers, clerks, and servants in fit proportion, according to the duties they may have to perform. 4. That the salaries of the registrar-general, and of the said officers, clerks, and servants, and the amount of the sums hereinafter provided to he paid to the superintendent-registrars for every entry in the certi fied copies of the registers, and all expenses of carrying on the business of the general registry olEce not herein otherwise provided for, shall be paid by the said Lord Treasurer or Lords Commissioners of his Ma jesty's Treasury out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 5. That one of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, or the registrar-general, with tha approbation of such principal Secretary, from time to time may make regulations for the management of the said re giste: ()Mee, and for the duties of the registrar-general, clerks, officers, and servants of the said office, and of the registrars, deputy-registrars, and superintendent-registrars hereinafter mentioned, in the execution of this Act so that they be not contrary to the provisions herein contained ; and the regulations so made end approved shall be binding on the said registrar-general, clerks, officers, and servants, and on the registrars, deputy-registrars, and superintendent-registrars. ti. That the registrar-general shall send once in every year to one of the principal Secretaries of State a general abstract of the number of births, deaths, and marriages registered during the foregoing year, in such form as the, said Secretary from time to time shall require; and every such annual general abstract shall he laid before Parliament within one month after receipt thereof, or after the meeting of Parliament. 7. That the guardians of every union declared under the provi sions of an Act passed in the sth and Pith years of his present Ma jesty, entitled, " An Act for the Amendment and better Administra tion of the Laws relating to the Poor in England and Wales," and also of every parish or place in which a board of guardians shall have been established under the provisions of the last-named Act, shall, on or before the Ist day of October in this year, if the said board of guar dians shall have been established before the passing of this Act, or within three calendar mouths next atter the establishment of the board, if the said board shall not havebeen established before the passing of this Act, divide the union or the parish or place of which they are the guardians into such and so many districts as they, subject to the ap proval of the registrar-general, shall think fit; and every such division when made shall be published by the guardians within the union, parish, or place of which they are guardians, in such manner as the said registrar-general shall direct; and every such district shall be called by a distinct name, and shall be a registrar's district ; arid the guardians shall appoint a person, with such qualfications as the registrar-general may, by any general rule, declare to be necessary, to be registrar of births arid deaths within each district, anti in every case of vacancy in the office of registrar shall forthwith fill up the vacancy; and the clerk to the guardians of every such union, parish, or place shall, if he shall think fit to accept such office, and have such qualifications as the regis trar-general may by any general rule declare to be necessary, be the superintendent -registrar thereof; and in the event of his refusal or dis qualification to act in that capacity the guardians shall appoint a person, with such qualifications as the registrar-general may by any general rule declare to be necessary to be the superintendent-registrar of each union, or of such parish or place, and in every case of vacancy of the office of superintendent -registrar shall forthwith fill up the vacancy ; and every registrar and su p erin tendant-registrar shall hold his office during the pleasure of the registrar -general. 8. Provided that in every case in which the clerk to the guardians of the union, parish, or place, or any other officer of any such union, parish, or place, shall hold any office under this Act, and shall be re moved by the Poor Law Commissioners from his office in such union, parish, or place, and in every case in which any registrar or superin tendent-registrar shall be removed by the registrar -general from his office under this Act, notice of such removal shall be forthwith given by advertisement in some newspaper circulating in the county wherein the dietrict for which such officer may act sh a ll b e; and every such p er. son shall thenceforth cease to hold his office und er this Act, and shall be incapable of being re-appointed thereto; provided also, that the ap pointment of any officer of any such union, parish, or place, to any office tinder this Act, shall be subject to the approval of the Poor Law Commissioners, except as hereinhefore directed with respect to the clerk to guardians of any such union, parish, or place. 9. That the guardians shall provide and uphold, out of the monies corning to their hands or controul as such guardians, a register office, according to a plan to be approved by the registrar-general, for preserv ing the registers to be deposited therein, as hereinafter provided ; an d the care of the said office and the custody of the registers dep os i ted therein shall be given to the superintendent-registrarof the union, or parish, or place, having a board of gua rdians 10. That the Poor Law Commissioners for England and Wales shall, as soon as ma y b e a fter the said Ist day of October, from all the pa rishes, townships, and places in England, in o r for which a board of guardians shall not have been then established( under the provisions of the said Act for the amendment of the laws relating to the poor, into temporary districts, having regard in the formation thereof to the boundaries of parishes an d t owns hips, and shall appoint a registrar to each of such temporary districts, subject to being displaced as herein after provided ; and the registrar.general shall appoint a sufficient num ber of fit persons to be superintendent registrars for such temporary districts, subject to being displaced as hereinafter provided, and shall appoint the districts which each shall superintend. 11. That in every case in which a board of guardians shall be esta blished under the provisions of the said Act for the amendment of the laws relating to the poor, in or for any parish, township, or place forming part of any temporary district in or for which a registrar or superinten dent-registrar shall have been previously appointed as last aforesaid, and as soon as a registrar or registrars shall have been appointed for the dis tricts into which the guardians shall have divided the union or parish or place of which they are guardians as aforesaid, and the clerk of the guardians of such union, parish, or place shall have accepted the office of superintendent-registrar, or the said guardians shall have appointed a superintendent -registrar for such districts, in like manner as in the unions formed before the passing of this Act, every such parish or place shall cease to be a part of the temporary district to which it was so an nexed by the Poor Law Commissioners, and every registrar, deputy-re gistrar, and superintendent -registrar appointed before the election of such board of guardians as af oresaid in or for such p ari sh, township, or place shall cease to hold their respective offices, so far as relates to such parish, township, or place, unless re-appointed. 12. That for every district for which a registrar of births and deaths shall be appointed by the guardians, as aforesaid, the registrar shall have power; subject to the approval of such guardians, and for every district for which a registrar shall be appointed by the said Poor Law Commis sioners such registrar shall have power, subject to the approval of such commissioners, to appoint by writing under his hand a fit person to act as his deputy in case of the illness or unavoidable absence of such regis. tray ; and every such deputy-registrar whilst so acting shall have all the powers and duties and be subject to all the provisions and penalties herein declan • d concerning registrars, and in case of the death of the re gistrar shall act as registrar until another registrar is appointed ; and every registrar shall be civilly responsible for the acts or omissions of his deputy. 13. That the appointments of registrars, deputy-registrars, and su. perintendent.registrars, and the duplicates and certified copies of regis ters hereinafter mentioned, shall be exempt from all stamp duties. 14. That the registrar-general shall furnish to every superintendent. registrar, for the use of the registrars under his superintendence, a sufficient number of strong iron boxes to hold the register books to be kept by such registrar; and every such box shall be furnished with a lock and two keys and no more; and one of such keys shall be kept by the registrar, and the other key shall be kept by the superintendent registrar; and the register books of each district, while in the custody of the registrar and not in use, shall be always kept in the register box, and the register box shall always be left locked. 15. That in every case in which any registrar or superintendent registrar shall be removed from or cease to hold the said office, all re gister boxes, keys, books, documents, and papers in his possession a such registrar or superintendent registrar, shall be given as soon as con veAently may be to his successor in office; and if any person shall re fuse to give up any such box, key, books, documents, or papers, in such case as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for any justice of the peace for the county or other jurisdiction where such person shall be or reside, upon application made for that purpose, to issue a warrant under his hand and seal for bringing such person before any two justices of the peace for the said county or other jurisdiction, and upon such person not appear. ing, or not being found, it shall be lawful for such justices to hear and determine the matter in a summary way; and if it shall appear to the justices that any such box, key, books, documents, or papers, are in the custody or power of any such person, and that he has refused or wil fully neglected to deliver the same, the said justices are hereby required to commit such offender to the common gaol or house of correction for the said county or jurisdiction, there to remain without bail until he shall have delivered up the same, or until satisfaction shall have been given in respect thereof to the person in whose custody the same ought to be; and the said justices may grant a warrant to search for such box, key, books, documents, or papers, as in the case of stolen goods, in any dwelling-house or other premises in which any credible witness shall prove upon oath before them that there is a reasonable cause to suspect the same to be ; and the same when found shall be delivered to the person in whose custody they ought to be. PS. That every registrar and deputy-registrar shall dwell within the district of which he is registrar or deputy.registrar, and shall cause his name, with the addition of registrar or . deputy.registrar, (as the case may be) for the district for which he shall be so appointed to be placed in some conspicuous.place on or near the outer door of his own dwelling-house; and the superintendent-registrar shall cause to be printed and published in the districts which he shall superintend a list of the name and place of abode of every registrar and deputy.registrar under his superintendence. 17. That the registrar-general shall cause to be printed, on account of the said Registrar Office, a sufficient number of register books for making entries of all births, deaths, and marriages of his Majesty's sub jects in England, according to the forms of schedules (A) (B) (C) to this Act annexed; and the said register books shall be of durablematerials, and in them shall be printed upon each side of every leaf the 'heads of information herein required to be known and registered of births, deaths, and marriages respectively; and every page of each of such books shall be numbered progressively from the beginning to the end, beginning with number one ; and every place of entry shall be also numbered progres sively from the beginning to the end of the book, beginning with num. ber one; and every entry shall be divided from the following entry by a printed line. 18. That the registrar.general shall furnish to every superintendent. registrar, for the u - e of the registrars under his superintendence, a sufficient number of register books of births and of register books of deaths, and of forms of certified copies thereof, as hereinafter provided, at a reasonable price, to be fixed from time to time by one of his Ma jesties principal Secretaries of State, the cost whereof shall be borne by the union, parish, or place in or for which the superintendent-registrar is appointed, and shall be paid by the guardians or by the churchwardans or overseers (as the case may be) out of the monies coming to their hands or controul as such guardians or churchwardens and overseers, to the registrar, and shall be accounted for by him to the registrar.general; and every registrar shall be authorised and is hereby required to inform himself carefully of every birth and every death which shall happen within his district after the said Ist day of March, and to learn and re gister as soon after the event as conveniently may be done, without fee or reward, save as hereinafter mentioned, in one of the said books, the particulars required to be registered according to the forms in the said schedules (A) and (B) respectively touching every such birth or every such death, as the case may be, which shall not have been already regis tered, every such entry being made in order from the beginning to the creel of the book. 19. That the father or mother of any child born, or the occupier of every house or tenement in England in which any birth or death shall happen, afrer the said Ist day of March, may, within 42 days next after the day of such birth, or within five days after the day of such death, respectively, give notice of such birth 'or death to the registrar of the district; and in case any new-born child or any dead body shall be found exposed the overseers of the poor in the case of the new born child, and the coroner in the case of the dead body, shall forthwith give notice and information thereof, and of the place where such child or dead bcdy was found, to the registrar; and for the purpose of this Act the master or keeper of every gaol, prison, or house of correction, or workhouse, hospital, or lunatic asylum, or public or charitable institu tion, shall be deemed the occupier thereof. 20. That the father or mother of every child born in England after the said Ist of March, or, in case of the death, illness, absence, or ina bility of the father or mother, the occupier of the house or tenement in which such child shall have been born, shall, within 42 days next after the day of every such birth, give information, upon being requested so to do, to the said registrar, according to the best of his or her knowledge cr belief, of the several particulars hereby required to be known and re gistered touching the birth of such child. 21. That if any child of an English parent shall be born at sea on board of a British vessel the captain or commanding officer of the vessel on board of which the said child shall have been born shall forthwith snake a minute of the several particulars hereinbefore required to be in serted in the register touching the birth of such child, so far as the same may be known, and the name of th e vesse l w h ere i n th e bi r th took place, and shall, on the arrival of such vessel in any port of the United King. dom, or by any other sooner opportunity, send a certificate of the said minute through the Post Office to the registrar-general, who shall file the same, and enter a copy thereof under his hand in a book to be kept for that purpose in " the General Register Office," to be called the " Marine Register Book," and shall keep the said book with the other registers, according to the provisions of this Act. '22. That after the expiration of forty-two days following the day of the birth of any child it shall not be lawful for any registrar to register such birth, save as hereinafter is next mentioned • provided, that, in case the birth of any child shall not have been registered according to the pro. visions hereinbefore contained, it shall be lawful for any person present at the birth of such child, or for the father or guardian thereof, at any time within six calendar months next after the birth, to make a solemn declaration of the particulars required to be known touching the birth of such chili, according to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, and it shall thereupon be lawful for the said registrar then and there, in the presence of the superintendent-registrar, to register the birth of the said chill according to the information of the person making the said ado ration ; and in every such case the superintendent-registrar before whom the said declaration is made shall sign the entry of the birth, as well as the registrar; and for every such registry as last aforesaid the superinde..t. registrar shall be entitled to have a fee of a. 6d from the parson requiring the same to ha registered; and the registrar, over and above the fee here. inafter enacted in respect of evtry birth registered by him, shall be en titled, unless the delay ►hall have been occasioned by his default, to have a fee of tis. from the person requiring the same to be registerei ; and no register of births shall be given in e,idence to prove the birth of any child wherein it shall appear that forty-two days have intervened be tween the day of the birth and the day of the registration of the birth of such child, unless the entry shall be signed by the superintendent-regis. true ; and every person who shall knowingly register or cause to be re• gistcred the birth of any child, otherwise than hereinbefore is last mentioned, after the expiration of forty-two days following the day of the birth of such child, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence a sum CA exceeding 501. 23. That after the expiration of six calendar months following the birth of any child it shall not be lawful for any registrar to register the birth of such child, and no register of births, except in the case of children born at sea, shall be given in evidence to prove the birth of any child wherein it shall appear that six calendar months have intervened between the clay of the birth and the day of the registration of the birth of such child; and every person who shall knowingly register or cause to be registered the birth of any child after the expiration of six calendar months following the day of the birth of such child shall for feit and pay for every such offence a sum not exceeding 50/. 24. That if any child born in England, whose birth shall have been registered as aforesaid, shall, within six calender months next after it shall have been so registered, have any name given to it in baptism, the parent or guardian of such child, or other person procuring such name to be given, may, within seven days next after such baptism, procure and deliver to the registrar, or superintendent-registrar, in whose custody the register of the birth of the child may then happen to be, a certificate, according to the form of schedule (G) to this Act annexed, signed by the Minister who shall have performed the rite of baptism, which certificate such Minister is hereby required to deliver immediately after the baptism, whenever the same shall be demanded, on payment of the fee of Is. which he shall be therefore entitled to re ceive; and the said registrar, or superintendent-registrar, upon receipt of such certificate, and on the payment of the fee of Is. which he shall be therefore entitled to receive, shall, without any erasure of the original entry, forthwith register therein that the child was baptised by such name, and the registrar shall thereupon certify upon the said certificate the additional entry so made, and shall forthwith send the said certificate, through the Post-Office, to the registrar.general. 25. That some person present at the death or in attendance during the last illness of every person dying in England, after the lit day of March, or in case of the death, illness, inability, or default of all such persons, the occupier of the house or tenement, or if the occupier be the parson who shall have died, some inmate of the house or tenement in which such death shall have happened, shall, within eight days next after the day of such death, give information, upon being requested so to do, to the said registrar, according to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, of the several particulars hereby required to be known and registered touching the death of such person; provided always, that in every case in which an inquest shall be held on any dead body the jury shall inquire of the particulars herein required to be registered concerning the death, and the coroner shall inform the registrar of the finding of the jury, and the registrar shall make the entry accordingly. 2 6. That if any of his Majesty's English subjects shall die at sea on board of a British vessel the captain or commanding officer of the vessel on board of which suc h d eat h s h a ll have h appene d s h a ll forthwith make a minute of the sever a l p ar ti cu l ars h ere i n b e f ore req uired to be inserted in re gister touching such death, s o f a r as the same may be known, an the dthe name of the vessel wherein the death took place, and shall, on the arrival of such vessel in any port of the United Kingdom, or by any other same, and enter soo ner opportunity, send a certificate of the said minute, through the pest Office, to the registrar.general, who shall file the book a , and keep the o 84PY thereof under his h a nd in the m a rine register with the other registers, according to the pro -27. That every regi ttra , or as soon thereafter as b e ..dinediately upon registering any death, reward, deliver to the unde ball be required s o to do, shall, without fee or hi ic i e l e or other person having charge of the funeral a certificate under (E) to this Act annexed, this: su a nd, according to the form of schedule death has been duly registered, and such certificate shall be delivereat religious service for the v r h s o uch undertaker or other person to the minister or officiating person tal t l be required to bury or to been. dseoadde livered , boday provided always, which :41 of the dead body ; and if perform any t a h ll e b p e er b s u on ri , e , d ho fo s r hall bury an y if he shall think fit, before registry of such certificate shall have shall Gr that the coroner , Perform any funeral or any religious service for the burial forthwith give notice thereof to the , upon holding any inquest, registrar : pr give a certificate or his order In writ y ing under his hand, according to the form of schedule t m li a e y d o e r a d th er , aqd the s b li o a d l in such sbuecbhucrai buried, (P) to this Act annexed, to such undertaker or other person having - —Vita of the fu neral, which shall be delivered as aforesaid ; and every Person who shall bury or perform any funeral or any religious service for the burial of any dead body for which no certificate shall have been dulymade and delivered as aforesaid, either by registrar or coroner, and who shall not within seven days give notice thereof to the registrar, shall forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding 10/. for every such offence. 28. That every person by whom the information contained in any register of birth or death under this Act shall have been given shall sign his name, description, and place of abode in the register; and no register of birth or death according to this Act shall be given in evi. d ence which shall not be signed by some person professing to be the THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1836. informant, and to be such party as is herein required to give such infor mation to the registrar. 29. That every registrar shall make out an account four times in every year of the number of births and deaths which he shall have re gistered since the last quarterly account, and the superintendent-re gistrar shall verify and sign the same ; and the guardians or overseers of the parish, township, or place in or for which he shall be registrar, on production of the said account so verified and signed, shall pay to the said registrar, out of the monies in their hands or power as such guar. dims or overseers such sums as he shall be entitled to receive on the said account according to the following scale (that is to say)—for the first 20 entries of births and deaths in every year which he shall have registered, whether the same be of births or of deaths indiscriminately, 2s. 6d. each, and Is. for every subsequent entry of births or deaths in each year; and in the case of an union the said several sums shall be charged to the account of the parishes in which such births or deaths respectively shall have occurred. 30. That the registrar-general shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Rector, Vicar, or Curate of every church and chapel in England wherein marriages may lawfully be solemnised, and also to every person whom the recording clerk of the Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers, at their central office in London, shall from time to time cer tify in writing under his hand to the registrar-general to be a register. ing officer in England of the said society, and also to every person whom the president for the time being of the London committee of deputies of the British Jews shall from time to time certify in writing under his hand to the registrar-general to be the secretary of a synagogue in England of persons professing the Jewish religion, a sufficient number in duplicate of marriage register books, and forms for certified copies thereof, as hereinafter provided; and the cost of all such books and forms shall be paid by the churchwardens and overseers of the parish or chapelry out of the monies in their hands as such churchwardens or overseers, or by the registering officer or secretary respectively to whom the same shall be furnished. 31. That every Clergyman of the Church of England immediately after every office of matrimony solemnised by him, shall register in duplicate in two of the marriage register books the several particulars relating to that marriage, according to the form of the said schedule (C), and every such registering officer of the Quakers, as soon as con veniently may be after the solemnisation of any marriage between two Quakers in the district for which he is registering officer, and every such secretary of a synagogue, immediately after every marriage so lemnised between any two persons professing the Jewish religion, of whom the husband shall belong to the synagogue whereof he is secre tary, shall register or cause to be registered in duplicate in two of the said marriage register books the several particulars relating to that mar riage according to the form of the said schedule (C) : and every such registering officer or secretary, whether he shall or shall not be pre. sent at such marriage, shall satisfy himself that the proceedings in re. lation thereto have been conformable sc* the usages of the said society, or of the persons professing the Jewish religion, as the case may be; and every such entry as hereinbefore is mentioned (whether made by such Clergyman, or by such registering officer or secretary respectively as aforesaid) shall be signed by the clergyman, or by the said registering officer or secretary, as the case may be and by the parties married, and by two witnesses, and shall be made in order from the beginning to the end of each book, and the number of the place of entry in each duplicate marriage register book shall be the same. 32. That in the months of April, July, October, and January, on such days as shall from time to time be appointed by the registrar general, every registrar shall make, and deliver to the superintendent-registrar of his district, on durable materials, a true copy, certified by him under his hand, according tothe form of Schedule (D) to this Act annexed, of all the entries of births and deaths in the register book kept by him sincethe last certificate, the first of such certificates to be given in the month of July, 1837, and to contain all the entries made up to that time; and the su perintendent-registrar shall verify the same, and, if found to be correct, shall certify the same under his hand to be a true copy; and if there shall have been no birth or death registered since the last certificate, the registrar shall certify the fact, and such certificate shall be delivered to the superintendent-registrar as aforesaid, and countersigned by him ; and the registrar shall keep safely each of the said register books until it shall be filled, and shall then deliver it to the superintendent-registrar, to be kept by him with the records of his office. 33. That the Rector, Vicar, or Curate of every such church end chapel, and every such registering officer and secretary shall, in the months of April, July, October, and January respectively, make and deliver to the superintendent-registrar of the district in which such church or chapel may be situated, or which may be assigned by the registrar.general to such registering officer or secretary, on durable materials, a true copy certified by him under his hand of all the entries of marriages in the register.book kept by him since the last certificate, the first of, such certificates to be given in the month of July, 1837, and to contain all the entries made up to that time, and if there shall have been no marriage entered therein sines the last certificate, shall certify the fact under his hand, and shall keep the said marriage register books safely until the same shall be filled ; and one copy of every such register book, when filled, shall be delivered to the superintendent registrar of the district in which such church or chapel may be s"tuated, or which shall have been assigned as aforesaid to such registering officer or secretary, and the other copy of every such register book, kept by any such Rector, Vicar, or Curate, shall remain in the keeping of such Rector, Vicar, or Curate, and shall be kept by him with the re. gisters of baptisms and burials of the parish or chapelry within which the marriages registered therein shall have been solemnized; and the other copy of every such register book of marriages among the people called Quakers, and among persons professing the Jewish religion respectively, shall remain under the care of the said people or persons respectively, to be kept with their other registers and records, and shall for the purposes of this Act be still deemed to be in the keeping of the registering officer or secretary for the time being respectively. 34. That every superintendent-registrar shall, four times in every year, on such days as shall he therefore named by the registrar-general, send to the registrar-general all the certified copies of the registers of births, deaths, and marriages, which he shall have so received during the three calendar months next preceding such quarterly days of trans mission respectively; and if it shall appear, by interruption of the re gular progression of numbers or otherwise, that the copy or any part of any book has not been duly delivered to him, he shall procure, as far es possible, consistently with the provisions of this Act, that the same may be remedied and supplied ; and every such superintendent_ registrar shall be entitled to receive the sum of for every entry in such certified copies; and every superintendent-registrar shall make out an account four times in every year of the number of entries in the certified copies sent to him during the last quarter, and the certified copies so sent to the General Registry Office shall be thereafter kept in tne said office in such order and manner as the registrar-general, under the direction of the Secretary of State, shall think fit, so that the same may be most readily seen and examined. no distress made by virtue of this Act shall be deemed unlawful, nor shall the party making the same be deemed a trespasser, on account of any defect or want of form in the summons, conviction, or warrant of distress, or on account of any irregularity which shall afterwards be committed by the party distraining, but the person or persons aggrieved by such irregularity shall recover full satisfaction for the special da mages sustained in an action on the case. 46. That in all cases where the sum adjudged to be paid on any such summary conviction shall exceed 51. any person convicted may appeal to the next Court of General or Quarter Sessions, which shall be holden not sooner than twelve days after the day of such conviction, for the county or other district wherein the cause of complaint shall have arisen ; provided that such person shall give to the complainant a notice in writ ing of such appeal, and of the cause and matter thereof, within three days after such conviction, and seven clear days at the least before such sessions, and shall also either remain in custody until the sessions, or en. ter into a recognizance, with two sufficient sureties, before a justice of the peace, conditioned personally to appear at the said sessions, and to try such appeal, and to abide the judgment of the Court thereupon, and to pay such costs as shall be by the Court awarded; and upon such no. tice being given, and such recognizance' being entered into, the Court at such sessions shall hear and determine the matter of the appeal, and shall make such order therein with or without costs, to either party, as to the Court shall seem meet, and in case of the dismissal of the appeal, or the affirmance of the conviction, shall order and adjudge the offender to be punished according to the conviction, and to pay such costs as shall be awarded, and shall, if necessary, issue process for enfoicing such judgment. I 47. That no such conviction or adjudication made on appeal there from shall be quashed for want of form, or be removed by certiorari, or otherwise, into any of his Majesty's superior Courts of Record, and no warrant of commitment shall be held void by any reason of any defect therein, provided it be herein alleged that the party has been convicted, and there be a valid conviction to sustain the same. 48. That the registrar-general may receive and send by the General Post from and to places in England all letters and packets relating ex clusively to the execution of this Act, free from the duty of postage, provided that such letters and packages as shall be sent to the registrar. general be directed to the " registrar-general of births, deaths, and marriages,'' at his office, and that all such letters and packets as shall be sent by the registrar-general shall be in covers, with the words " re gistrar.general of births, deaths, and marriages," printed on the same, and be sealed with the seal of the said register office, and be signed on the outside thereof under such words with the name of such person as the said registrar-general, with the consent of the Lords Commis sioners of the Treasury, or any three or more of them, shall ap. point, in his own handwriting (such name to be from time to time sent to the Secretary of the General Post Office in London,) and under such regulations as the said Lords Commissioners, or any three or more of them, shall think fit ; and if the person so to be appointed shall subscribe or seal any letter or packet whatever, except such only concerning which he shall receive the spe cial direction of his superior officer, or which he shall himself know to relate exclusively to the execution of this Act, or if the person so to be appointed, or any other person, shall send or cause to be sent under such cover any letter, paper or writing, or any enclosure, other than shall relate exclusively to the execution of this Act, every person so offending shall forfeit and pay the sum of 1001., and be dismissed from his office; one moiety of such penalty to be paid to the use of his Ma. jesty, his heirs, and successors, and the other moiety to the use of the person who shall inform or sue for the same; to be sued for and re covered in any of his Majesty's Courts of Record at Westminster. 49. Provided that nothing herein contained shall affect the registra tion of baptisms or burials as now by law established, or the right of any officiating Minister to receive the fees now usually paid for the per formance or registration of any baptism, burial, or marriage. 50. And be it further enacted, that the said registrar general shall, within three calendar months after his appointment to such office, fur nish to the respective guardians of every union, parish, or place, printed notices, which the said guardians shall, as soon as conveniently may be after the receipt thereof, cause to be fixed or placed on the outside of the several church or chapel doors, or other public and conspicuous buildings or places within their respective unions, parishes, or places, and r. hich said notices shall specify the several acts required to be done rous of solemnising marriage, or of regis. or the death of any person, under the by persons who may be desi tering the birth of any child, provisions of this Act. SCHEDULES TO WHICH THIS ACT REFERS. =.4 . 5 g 1 zo b',:i u) O ta ' ?( 2. rn ~ oTi 5 5 iir.,ll 3 Ci ca ki`as Aga CD az •.; , zi :t 0 rn Mn =...• R rij Q ti a g' 71 t'i , S CI) (") = ...% A Cr; tV ri>'' 0% . " Z n sro tv,S) a c ; E. .. c ' "42, c• F., c-) I 02 c , a R g. g 7 , 0,- z 33. That every rector, vicar, or curate, and every registrar, register ing officer, and secretary, who shall have the keeping for the time being of any register book of births, deaths, or marriages, shall at all reason able times allow searches to be made of any register books in his keeping, and shall give a copy, certified under his hand, of any entry or entries in the same, on payment of the fee hereinafter mentioned (that is to say)— for every search extending over a period not more than one year, the sum of Is., and lid. additional for every additional year, and the sum of 2s. fid. for every single certificate. z ,„ u, 9 : (Tit —e: -. .A. . 0 A C -0 , 0 1:-... C , `C !;---:' 0 . - ~ '4 • ‘rg cf , cfq 36. That every superintendent-registrar shall cause indexes of the re gister books in his office to be made, and kept with the other records of his office; and that every person shall be entitled at all reasonable hours to search the said indexes, and to have a certified copy of any entry or 'entries in the said register books under the hand of the superintendent registrar, on payment of the fees hereinafter mentioned (that is to say)— for every general search the sum of ss„ and for every particular search the sum of Is., and for every such certified copy the sum of 2s. 6d. 37. That the registrar_general shall cause indexes of all the said cer tified copies of the registers to be made and kept in the general register office; and that every person shall be entitled on payment of the fees hereinafter mentioned, to search the said indexes between the hours of ten in the morning and four in the afternoon of every day, except Sun days, Christmas Day, and Good Friday, and to have a certified copy of an entry in the said certified copies of the registers; and for every general search of the said indexes shall be paid the sum of 2.05., and for every particular search the sum of Is., and for every such certified copy the sum of 2s. ficl., and no more, shall be paid to the registrar-general, or such other officer as shall be appointed for that purposs on his account. 38. That the registrar.gcneral shall cause to be made a seal of the said register office, and the registrar-general shall cause to be sealed or stamped therewith all certified copies of entries given in the said office; and all certified copies of entries purporting to be sealed or stamped with the seal of the said register office shall be rec*ved as evidence of the birth, death, or marriage to which the same relates, without any further or other proof of such entry; and no celtified copy purporting to be given in the said office shall be of any force or effect which is not scaled or stamped as aforesaid. 39. That every sum received under the provisions of this Act by or on account of the registrar_general shall be accounted for and paid by the registrar-general, at such time as the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury from time to time shall direct, into the Bank of England, to the credit of his Majesty's Exchequer, according to the provisions of an Act passed in the fourth and fifth years of his Majesty, entitled, " An Act to regulate the Office of Receipt of his Majesty's Exchequer at Westminster." ‘-< cr. '4 • 4 t'e P:i cn ~,1 d'S' (7 . . .. - 4 - - 4 ; 5 g z :=l. -• z 1-3 rDh",. ' 7 , : * : 1 1 2 rZ .--' P fll '-'''' p ;•;., "cl) I. 0 p. a , 2, 21 0, 40. That it shall be lawful for every Clergyman of the Church of of England who shall solemnize any marriage in England, and for every registering officer of the Quaker, and every secretary of a Synagogue, after the Ist day of March, to ask of the parties married the several particulars herein required to be registered touching such marriage. 41. That every person who shall wilfully make, or cause to be made, for the purpose of being inserted in any register of birth, death, or mar riage, any false statement touching any of the particulars herein re.. quired to be known and registered, shall be subject to the same pains and penalties as if he were guilty of perjury. 42. That every person who shall refuse, or, without reasonable cause omit, to register any marriage solemnized by him, or which he ought to register, and every registrar Rho shall refuse, or without reasonable cause omit. to register any birth or death of which he shall have had due notice, as aforesaid, and every person having the custody of any register book, or certified copy thereof, or of any part thereof, who shall carelessly lose of injure the same, or carelessly allow the same to be in jured whilst in his keeping, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding 501. for every such offence. vA A 61 - A 2 i 4. ;,-I.'tz i 43. That every person who shall wilfully destroy or injure, or cause to be destroyed or injured, any such register book, or any part or certified copy of any part thereof, or shall falsely make or counterfeit, or cause to be falsely made or counterfeited, any part of any such register book or certified copy thereof, or shall wilfully insert or cause to be inserted in any register book or certified copy thereof any false entry of any birth, death, or marriage, or shall wilfully give any false certificate, or shall certify any writing to be a copy or extract of any register book, know ing the same registr to be false in any part thereof, or shall forge or counterfeit the seal of the register office, shall be guilty of felony. 44. Provided that no person charged with the duty of registering any birth, death, or marriage, who shall discover any error to have been committed in the form or substance of any such entry, shall be therefore liable to any of the penalties aforesaid, if within one calendar month next after the discovery of such error, in the presence of the parents of the child whose birth may have been so registered, or of the parties married, or of two persons attending upon any person in his or her last illness, whose death may have been so registered, or in case of the death or absence of the respective parties aforesaid, then in the presence of the su p er intendent-registrar and of two other cre dible witnesses, who shall respectively attest the same, he shall cor. rect the erroneous entry, according to the truth of the case, by an entry in the margin, without any alteration of the original entry, and shall sign the marginal entry, and add thereunto the day of the month and year when such correction shall be made; provided also, that, in case of a marriage register he shall make the like marginal entry, attested in like manner in the duplicate marriage register book to be made by him as aforesaid, and in every case shall make the like alteration in the certified copy of the register book to be made by him as aforesaid, or in case such certified copy shall have been already made, provided he shall make and deliver in like manner a separate certified copy of the ori. ginal erroneous entry, and of the marginal correction therein made. 45. That all fines and forfeitures by this Act imposed, unless other wise directed, shall be recovered before any two justices of the peace for the county, city, or place where the offence shall have happened, upon the information or complaint of any person ; and if, on the convic tion of the offender, either on his or her confession, or by the oath of any one or more credible witness or witnesses (which oath such justices are hereby empowered to administer), such fines or forfeitures, with the costs of the conviction, shall not be forthwith paid the same shall be levied by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the offender, by warrant under the hand and seal of such justices ; and, for want of dis tress, such justices may commit every such offender to the common gaol or house of correction for the county, city, or place where the offender shall be committed, without bail or mainprise, for any term exceeding one calendar month, unless such fine and forfeiture, and all reasonable charges attending the recovery thereof, shall be sooner paid; and one moiety of all such fines and forfeitures shall go to the person who shall inform and sue or prosecute for the same, and the other moiety shall go to the registrar-general, or to such other persons as the Lords Commis. sioners of the Treasury shall appoint, for the use of his Majesty; and .....k..-, 5,? q ii a . ... 4 '. il • SCHEDULE (D). I, John Cox, Registrar of births and deaths in the district of Maryk in the county of Middl esex, d o hereby certify, that th i s i s of the registrar's book of bi rt h s [or deaths] with i n t h e sa id d the entry of the birth [ or d eath] of James Green, N o. (1), t ab o oitsn t ri h uer e e.cNh, ct'entrycopy yo m of the birth [or death] of William Strange, No. (34). Witness my hand, this seventh day of March, 18(38), John Cox, Registrar. SCHEDULE (E). 1, John Cox, Registrar of births and deaths in the district of Maryle. bone, North, in the county of Middlesex, do hereby certify, that the death of Henry Hastings Was duly registered by me on the seventh day of March, 18(38). Witness my hand, this eighth March, 18(36). John Cot, Registrar. SCHEDULE (F). 1, James Smith, Coroner for the county of Dorset, do hereby order the burial of the body now shown to the inquest jury as the body of John Jones. Witness my hand, this eighth dayt March, 18( 3 G). James Smith, Coroner. SCHEDULE ( G). Gilbert Elliot, Vicar of Barming, in the county of Kent, do hereby certify, that I have this day baptised by the name of Thomas a male child, produced to me by William Green, as the son of William Green and Rebecca Green; and declared by the said William Green to have been born at Marylebone, in the county of Middlesex, on the seventh day of January, 18(36). Witness my hand, this first day of December, 18(38). Gilbert Elliot, Vicar. [The above words in Italics, and the figures within parentheses, in the above Schedules, to be Ailed in u the case may be.] THE NEW REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS. The following is a copy of a circular letter which has been issusd to :he clerks of the Boards of Guardians throughout the country .: —• Poor Law Commission Office, Somerset House, August 27, 1836. " Sia—The Commissioners of Poor Laws for England and Wales re. quest you to call the immediate attention of the Guardians to the im portant public trusts with which the Legislature has invested them by the provisions of the Act of the 6th and 7th William IV., cap. 88, for the establishment of a registration of births, deaths, and marriages in England ; and also of the Act of the 6th and 7th William IV., cap. 85, for the regulation of marriages in England, which Acts received the Royal Assent on the 17th instant. " The Commissioners have directed that a copy of each of these Acts shall be herewith transmitted for the information of the Board. " On reference to the 7th section of the Act for the establishment of a registration of births, deaths, and marriages, it will be perceived that the duty which first devolves upon the Guardians is to divide the union into such districts as they may deem the most convenient, and as the Registrar-General may approve, to be registrars' districts' for the registration of the births, deaths, and marriages which may take place within them. " It will be perceived—(l) That the division into districts must be made—(2) The districts named, and—(S) A statement of such proposed division forwarded to The Registrar-General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages,' for his approval, on or before the Ist day of October next. " The other duties (in relation to the last-named Act) with which the Guardians are invested are less pressing as to the time of their perform ance ; but the Commissioners now advert to them because the conside ration of the appointments of the local registrars may, to some extent, influence the determination of the proper districts for registration. " In case you, as the clerk to the board, should not yourself think fit to undertake the office of superintendent registrar of the district, or should not be deemed to possess the qualifications which the Registrar General may, by any general order, declare to be necessary, or in case your ap pointment should not be approved by the Poor Law Commissioners, it will then be the duty of the Guardians to appoint some other person who possesses the requisite qualifications to be the superintendent registrar. " It will next be the duty of the Guardians to appoint persons to be registrars for each of the registrar's districts into which the union shall have been divided. " Each person appointed as a local registrar must possess such qualifi cations as the Registrar General may by any general rule declare to be necessary. If the person appointed as registrar by the Guardians be an officer of the union, his appointment will be subject to the approval of the Poor Law Commissioners. " The duties of the registration of the births, deaths, and marriages (which it is expected on the average may be about twenty-nine births, nineteen deaths, and seven marriages, in every thousand of the popula. tion), will not in general suffice to occupy more than a small portion of the time of any person within a district of convenient distance from the local registrar, or from the superintendent registrar, and the probable emoluments would be inadequate to obtain the exclusive services of a person properly qualified; as the duties may also, in general, be conve niently performed by the paid officers of the union, from the tenor of the Act it is suggested that it was the intention of the Legislature that the several offices should be performed by the paid officers of the union, where no obstacles to that arrangement exist. " The Commissioners trust that when the time arrives for making these appointments, the Guardians will appoint those officers whose ordinary duties are the most consistent with the duties of regis tration. It appears by the schedule (B) appended to the afore said Act, that the Legislature has declared that in the registration of deaths, the cause of death shall be recorded; it is evidently impor tant that this record should be made with care and exactness; and for this purpose the Commissioners consider that the public would derive advantage from the duties of the office of registrar being per formed by a medical officer of the union, when those duties are not in consistent with his engagements, and he may be disposed to perform them. " These officers will be the better qualified to perform these duties, amongst other reasons, from having been accustomed, in pursance of the orders of the Commissioners to keep a register of the sickness and mortality amongst the classes in receipt of parochial relief, in which re gister it has been prescribed that the known or supposed cause of the disease and death shall be recorded. " Where the medical officers may decline accepting the office of regis trar, it appears to the Commissioners that the class of officers next best qualified to perform the business of registration are the collectors of the poor.rates appointed by the Board of Guardians. " The Commissioners are of opinion that where paid collectors are appointed, or may be appointed, to collect the rates fur the union, those officers will, as compared with the relieving officers, possess superior qualifications for the performance of the duties of the office of registrar, inasmuch as the business ofcollection, with occasional and comparatively rare exceptions, requires them to visit every house in the union, and in the occasion of such visits gives them opportunities of making inquiries with relation to the business of registration. The duties of the cam_ tors are in other respects regular, and it is also their duty to make en. tries, as collectors, with exactness and regularity, which are the qualifi cations of a registrar. " Where any medical officers are willing to accept the office of re gistrar, and an appointment is made from the officers of another class, the Commissioners request that the reasons for the preference may be stated to them, in order to judge of their adequacy, as grounds for the approval of the appointment. So also where the paid collector of the rates of the union is willing to accept the appointment (the medical officers being unwilling), but a preference is given to an officer of another class, it is requested that the grounds of the preference should be fully stated. " Where paid officers of the unions are appointed as registrars, it is desirable that registrars' districts should as far as possible be made coin cident with the district of the officer appointed; that being usually a district traversable from one extremity to another in the daily perfor mance of the duties of the office. Each district must, however, be made coincident with known boundaries, such as those of parishes, townships, or hamlets. " The Commissioners have merely indicated such arrangements as it appeared to them would be found most conformable to the business of the union, and to the attainment of the objects of the Legislature, as re gards the business of registration. " You will obtain by reference to the Act itself, the requisite infor mation as to the particular duties of the officers, and as to other material points, which do not come within the province of the Commissioners. " Signed, by order of the Board, EDWIN CHADWICK, Secretary. " To the Clerk of the Board of Guardians." The following is a copy of a letter from the Secretary to the Poor- Law Commissioners, in answer to an inquiry as to the formation of temporary districts for registration : " Poor. Law Commission Office, Somerset House, IS3ti. " In reply to your letter of inquiry with relation to the appointment of local registrar, the Poor-Law Commissioners for England and Wales direct me to state that wherever there is any immediate prospect of any parishes which are not placed under the control of a Board instituted under the Poor-Law Amendment Act, being in the course of the pre sent year included in an Union, it will not be conducive to the objects of the Legislature to form temporary districts for registration, or appoint officers, or make other arrangements which must be superseded when the parishes are placed under the control of Boards of Guardians. " The Commissioners will not, therefore, exercise their power of ap pointing local registrars until, from the progress made by their Assis tant Commissioners, it should appear that the public business would be more impeded by the delay in the formation of Unions, than by the change of the arrangements when the temporary districts and the tem porary officers shall be snperseded by the paid officers of the new Unions. I have the honor to be, Sir, " Your very obedient servant, "EDWIN CHADWICK, Secretary. " The Commissioners are unable to inform you as to the time at which any proceedings will probably be taken with relation to the district for which you propose yourself as a local registrar." NEW ACT for the REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, and DEATHS. The following circular letter was on Saturday received by the clerks to he Board of Guardians in the metropolis from the Secretary to the Poor Law Commissioners; and it has, no doubt, been transmitted to the Clerks of the other Boards of Guardians formed under the Poor Law Amendment Act throughout the country " Poor Law Commission °Moe, Sonaerset.hause, " 9th September, 1536. " sir,—The Poor Law Commissioners for England and Wales transmit to you herewith a letter addressed to you by the registrar. general. respecting the formation of registrars' districts, which they trust will receive the same prompt attention which jou pay to the corn. munications from this office. " The Commissioners request that whether you do or do not accept the office of superintendent-registrar in your union, and whether the union officers are or are not eventually appointed registrars, the union officers and yourself will give every possible assistance in carrying into effect the directions of the registrar.general, and the object of the Act under which he is appointed. " Signed by order of the Board, "EDWIN CHADWICK, Secretary. " To the Clerk of the Board of Guardians.'' " ' London, Sept. 0, 11136. " Sir—ln the recent Act of the 6th and 7th of William IV. cip. 86, for registering Births, Deaths, and Marriages, in England, it is enac ted, " That the guardians of every 'Union declared under the provisions of an Act passed in the sth and 6th years of his present Majesty, in. tituled an Act for the Amendment and better Administration of the Laws relating to the Poor in England and Wales, and also of every parish or place in which a board of guardians shall have been esta blished under the provisions of the last-named Act, shall on or before the first day of October in this year, if the said board of guardians shall have been established before the passing of this Act, or within three calendar months next after the establishment of the board, if the said board shall not have been established before the passing of this Act, di vide the union or the parish or place of which they are the guardians into such and so many districts as they, subject to the approval of the registrar.general, shall think fit.'' And it is further declared, " That every such district shall be called by a distinct name, and shall be a re gistrar's district." " In requesting you to call the attention of the guardians to this first duty which devolues upon them, under the provisions of the aforesaid Act, I dawn it expedient, with a view to the prevention of future delay, to point out the nature and extent of the information respect ing such proposed divisions, with which I must be furnished before I can feeljustified ie expressing either approval or dissent, and to convey to you certain principles which it is desirable should as far as possible be observed in the formation of registrars' districts. " I request that the statements respecting the formation of regis. trars' districts, which must be submitted to me for appproval on or be. fore the Ist day of October in thepresent year, may contain the following particulars respecting each proposed district : - . " ' 1. Azics..—State the number of acres or of square miles contained in the proposed district, or, if no such measurement has been made, state the extreme length, and the extreme and mean breadth. " ' 2. POPULATION.—State the amount of thepopulation, according to the census of 1831, adding the present number, if known, or the computed ratio of increase since 1831. " 6 3. BOUND♦RlRs.—Describe the proposed boundaries of the registrar's district, stating whether they coincide wholly or in part with any ancient recognised boundaries, such as those of township, parish, hundred, or county; whether they intersect any such boundaries ; or whether they lie whollywithin them. "' State, also, whether such proposed district coincides with any me dical or relieving district of the Union in which you officiate formed under the provisions of the Act of 4th and sth of Wm. IV., for the Amendment and better Administration of the Laws relating to the Poor in England and Wales. " State, also, whether any portion of the proposed district is detached. " 4. NAislx.—State the distinguishing name by which the guardians propose the registrar's district shall be called. " It is requested that a statement respecting all the foregoing (cir cumstances may be made separately for each registrar's district into which the union or the parish or place may be divided by the guardians established therein ; and that the statements respecting all such districts 'n the union, &c., may be sent together by the post, directed to the Re gistrar General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages," at his office, London. It must at the same time be stated that the foregoing districts together form the whole union or parish or place, and that no part of it is ex. eluded from such districts. " 11. It is my wish that the guardians, in proceeding to the forma tion of registrars' districts, should not be unnecessarily fettered in the exercise of their judgment, or be diverted from a due _ttention to local peculiarities, by the supposed necessity of adhering rigidly to a precise rule; but, inasmuch as it is desirable that uniformity of system, in so far as it is practicable, should be attained, and that the chance of disap proval, and of the delay and trouble consequent thereupon, should, as much as possible, be diminished, I deem it expedient to lay before you certain principles, the observance of which will conduce to the de sirable attainment of that uniformity, and to the avoidance of those In conveniences. " In determining the proper extent of a registrar's district, it is de sirable that area and population should be considered conjointly, and each with reference to the other; that, when the population is dense, the area should be proportionally contracted; that when it is thinly scattered: over the country, the territorial extent should be proportionally inc reased. , The evident object of such a rule is to equalize the labours of th e regis trar; for it is obvious that the births and deaths in a population closely congregated within a town may be ascertained and registered by one per son with more ease and certainty than those of half the same amount of population thinly scattered over an extensive tract of country. " ' With respect to the amount of population which a registrar's dis trict may comprise, I am not disposed to require a very strict attention to number. But I may state that when the population is of average den city, that district may be regarded a s well a d a pted to the purposes °f , registration which contains about five thousand persons. It is true that such a district (in which the entries of bi r th s a nd deaths will not am ount to three h undred in a year) will not fully occupy the time and attention of a registrar ; but it must be r em e m bered th a t the registrar will net be a person occupied exclusively with the business of registration ; and that it is of importance, not so much to ascertain the utmost that a single registrar can perform, and to assign such a district as will fully eTploy him, as to take care that neither the extent of territory, nor the amount of population under his supervision, shall render it probable that any birth or death can remain unnoticed. " With respect to the boundaries it is desirable, both with a liCif to facilitate the knowledge of the limits of the new district, and to avoid a multiplicity and intermixture of divisions, that the boundaries of the registrar's districts shall (when it is practicable, consistent with the at tainment of other objects) be identical with ancient recognised bounda ries, such as township or parish, and shall not unnecessarily intersect them; but it is not desired that the limits of a district should be muc h extended in order to make it coincident with any such ancient bound dary. Facility of communication is of still greater importance than ad herence to an ancient boundary ; and compactness and connection of territory must not be sacrificed for the sake of such adherence. Thus, for example, a river extending far, without ford or bridge, may with propriety be made part of the boundary of a registrar's district, although the parish, of which that district is a part, may not terminate at that boundary. It is also expedient that a registrar's district should invaria bly be one connected portion of territory, and not consist of two or more detatched portions. "`Although it is advisable that the consideration of the immedia te (luty of division into registrars' districts, and that of the subsequen t duty of selecting fit persons for the office of registrar, shall as much as po sible be kept distinct, yet it is right that your attention should Ire directed to the 16th clause of the Act for Registering Births, Deaths, and Marriages, which enjoins that every registrar shall dwell within the district for which he is registrar. This provision should not be forgotte n in the formation of registrars' districts ; and as it is obvious that the same registrar cannot be appointed for more than one district, it is de sirable that each district should contain persons whose characters for intelligence, diligence, honesty, and regularity of conduct, and whose ability to write and keep accounts with neatness and accuracy, may render them, in the opinion of the guardians, capable of fulfilling the duties of a registrar. Of the nature of these duties the guardians Mg be sufficiently informed by inspection of the Act for Registering Births, Deaths, and Marriages. " It is recommended that the name by which the registrar's district may be called shall be that of the parish or township, or of the large st of two or snore parishes or townships contained in it ; or if two or more districts shall be contained within one parish or township, then tha t each shall be called by the name of some street, building, or place within earls parish or township ; but that, invariably, the name give n shall be that of a place, and not of a person. " It is desirable that the letter including a statement respecting th e formation of registrars' districts should refer exclusively to that subject. There will be other subjects on which it will be my duty to address you, which must be reserved for subsequent communication. " If, before the receipt of this letter, you shall have already trans mated to me a statement of division into registrars' districts, as proPe se4 by the board of guardians, and if such statement contains all those part' eulars herein required, and if such proposed division has been made i 3 eonformity with the general principles herein expressed, and is one which the guardians do not propose to alter, I do not request that the state ment shall be made to me again, but only that, in reply to this letter, Y ed shall notify the fact and period of such previous transmission, and inform s KC that such statement previously transmitted is that which the guar dians, adopt as their final statement to be submitt e d f o r a pproval. these particulars have been given only in part, it is requested that th/ remaining information may be afforded to me with as little delay as possible. " ' I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " ' T. H. LISTEIt, Registrar.general.' " On Wednesday morning, between ten and eleven o'clock, the family of Mr. William Parry, of No. 5, Frederick' place, Hampstead-road, was plunged into a state of deep tion, by the following lamentable and fatal occ u rr ence. A f bottle, containing oil of vitriol, had just been pl a ced out o hands on a table, when Mr. Parry's youngest child, a fine boy about three years of age, took it up unnoticed and drople t s portion of its contents. The screams of the child drew tu e attention of some of the family to what had happened, and nu surgical assistance being directly obtained, it was found necer sary to remove the boy to the North London Hospital, in Upper Gower -street, Bedford-square, where Mr. Green, tu e house surgeon of the establishment, promptly introduced tho usual antidotes into the stomach, by making an incision int° the front part of the neck, the effect of the poison having coin: pletely closed the throat. We regret, however, to state that the coats of the stomach are so extensively injured, that no hopes can be entertained of the child's surviving. Mrs. Parry remains in a state of mind bordering on distraction, and muc h anxiety is felt as to the effect it will produce on her health. On Wednesday evening, at seven o'clock, a meet' ing of master boot-makers, re s id en t i n th e me t ropo li s , took place in the large room of the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, for the purpose of establishing a Provident and Bene volent Institution f or a ff or di ng relief to distressed me mbers , their widows, and or ph ans . Th e meeting was m ost nume rously and respect a bly at t en d e d . Mr. Lloyd, of CoVentrY street, was in the c h a i r . F rom the speeches of several gentle men who addre sse d t h e meet i ng, it appeared that the am ount collected by d onat i ons an d b equests, and all other co ll ec tions , together with the fi rs t an d second years' subscrip t i ons , will be invested in th e E ng li s h F un d s, i n t h e name of four trustees, who shall be donors and subscribers, and the interest arising therefrom be added to the principal, and suffered to accumu late until a f un d b e ra i sed wh i ch, b y a ma j or i ty o f t he sub scribers, b scribers, may b e d eeme d su ffi c i ent to carry i nto e ff ec t the uf e. sign of erecting almshouses, and of endowing them for o f benefit of m as t er b oot an d s h oe - ma k ers, not un d er t he ag fi e t . fifty-six, and th e i r w id ows, not b e i ng un d er t h e age of no A series of ru l es f or t h e government o f t h e S oc i e ty hav' n ° been agreed upon, the meeting separated. last' EFFECT S OF A D REAM .-0 11 S un d a y ni ght David Henley, of No. 42, "Bermondsey -street, e xcavat°2 4 : while dreaming that the house was falling about his 61_, rushed out o f bed, and attempted to jump through the windo7, in doing w hi c h t h e fl es h o f hi s l e ft arm was mos t serion llacerated w ith th e b ro k en g l ass . H e was awo k e by fee the warm blood pouring down on his feet, and in a few seet s , he became quite insensible. He was removed to Guys b u t pital, where every possible assistance was rendered him, _ OO the wound havin g b ecome gangrenous, amputation of the at the shoulder was deemed indispensable, and on TuesdaY operation was cl e v er ly performed by Mr. Bransby CefP r e e d but we regret t o s t a t e th a t th e p a ti en t is a t p re s e nt conslue to be in imminent danger. The longest steam voyage undertaken at presen t l from Falmouth to Corfu, being, being 1,900 miles, aut a if accomplished at an average speed of se ve n miles and a WI hour. re SETS OF PLATED DISH coVERS, W i t ° STRONG SILVER EDGES, may be selected from of wa r ki — :‘ Patterns, price 201. the Set, at T. COX SAVORY'S, Worland Goldsmith, Silversmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, Lon 16, The Set consists of one cover 20 inches diameter, ono of le , 14, and 12 inches. r iot N.B. The SHOW - ROOM contains 'a large variety of ggei,ist Silver-edged latd Goods. A Paphlet iven gratis, 1 0 , 11 0 o as , of Prices of Silver Spoons and Forks, m Silver g Plate, Plated ‘' Watches, Clocks, &c. BIRTHS. On the 20th inst., in the Strand, the lady of R. Twining,Pr" Esq., of a son. On the 12th inst., at Geneva, the lady of D. T. Cunyngi' Esq., of a daughter. la dy of On the 21st inst., in George-street Portman. square , the a la 0. Captain L. Smyth O'Connor, lst West India Regiment, of •"'Ven.. On the 20th inst., in York-street, Portman -square , Airs. rick Bacon, of a son. co rtr On the 22d inst., in Cadogan-place, Mrs. F. Vernon bar of a daughter. of On the 21st inst., the lady of Thomas Tyrwhitt Drake, Esq.' a On dahter. „ o re, ug the 22d inst., in Upper Seymour-street, Portrean-,,s'iocii, the lady of Lieutenant-Colonel Walton, of the Coldstream uu of a daughter. MA RR lED. of th e On the 20th inst. at Hackney, Searle James Nash, -. o l" tio liter Paragon, New Kent-road, to Elizabeth Wellman, eld est da of G. Wedd, Esq., of Clapton. -uu Gra f- On the 21st inst., at Christ Church, St. Marylebone, 00, ton Smith, Esq., of Fiume, near Trieste, to Carissirna St• second daughter of the late John Slater, Esq of Halligsee' John's-wood. gr. O the 20th inst. at St. Helen's, Isle of Wight, Thomas doch n Leacock, Esq., , of Westbrook, to Agnes Mary, f ou rth da u b of J. Young, Esq., of Westridge. gales' On the 21st inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, Mar4ichara Gordon, (laughter of G. J. Guthrie , Es q ., to the Rev•fteetor Dawes, late Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge, a n° of King's Samborne, Hants. On the 20th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, F re (fre r r ic a ll'i Shells, Esq., of Haltham-hill, to Frances Maria, eldest daug" the late J. .arshall, Esq. voter 6 f On the 19th inst., at Stoke Damerell Church, near Po. nlen t, o. Henry Vaughan Brooke, Esq., Captain in the 32d flog' „mar a' Burgmoy, county of Donegal, to Augusta Mary, only cla u, ' Major-General Sir Willoughby Cotton. DIED. sged 52, On the 18th inst., at Hastings, Henry Hoare, Esq" only son of Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Bart., of Stour head, aged 59: On the 2 1 st inst. , in Charlott e - street , Bedford-square, f Sarah, wife of Wm. Dunn , Esq. Ater ° At Walton-on-Thames, the Lady Anna Beresford, the Dowager Countess of Tankerville. r ndoly COl- of On the 18th inst., aged 58, Mr. John Mathe r, ney, Herts. On the 20th inst., at Foundling -terrace, Gray's In n-r°- Mary, the wife of Mr. C. T. Depree, jun., aged 4. _ l i n g Co . On the 18th inst., aged 54, Mr. John Hemingay, graver. , 5 0110' et! On the 10th inst., Philip Hill, Esq., of Gr eek-str square, aged 70. Finch , ch, On the 21st i ns t., Eli za b e th, second daughter of J. of Woburn-place, Russell-square. Ann, I °l ' 4- :)n the 20th inst , at Upper Tooting;aged 17, Mary est daughter of the late J. Lade, Esq., of Pitchin, flerts•gr. Job° On the 19th inst., at Gibraltar-place, Chatham,' Ke nt ' Baker, of that place. On the 17th inst., at Southampton, aged 64, gra• Maul. 14°. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOVA , i; cottsitY 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 11 0 , Straw!, in ''"" of Bliddlesozi—Friday, September 23, 11186. ' -ti: l .9.`:-' ~.~~ CD * lgt o- g '4* p p t". w g cak t 'S C -t b pi m 3 3 t , „. =`, 3 : = w o y 5. g a, • e • ft • • ) 1:1 ft. z z G Pp. ,* S A 4 5 1%1 `r3 "hd K 0 0 4 "' .